Palak Saag | Palak Paneer- Easy & Healthy Recipe

 There’s a common saying- “You are what you eat”! Yes, it is true, the food that you eat defines your taste and preferences in life. In fact, this is why opting for healthy food is the key to good health and longevity. Including spinach in your daily diet helps in curing several health issues and leads to a stronger immune system.

 So, let’s start with the easy & healthy recipe today which I prepare it on my busy days.

Palak Saag | Palak Paneer

 

Ingredients Required:

Pan Fry Paneer

 200grm Frozen Paneer ( You can use home made paneer)

 Spices:-

1/2 Cup Hung curd or thick curd

1 Tbsp Besan (slightly roasted) Optional

1Tbsp Red Kashmiri chilly Powder

1/2 Tsp Turmeric Powder

1/2 Tsp Garam masala Powder

1 Tbsp Kasuri Methi (Dry Fenugreek leaves) ( lightly heat and crush it before adding)

1 Tsp Coriander Powder

1/2 Tsp Jeera Powder

Spinach Sauce

200 grm Spinach/ Palak( I've used Baby spinach here)

1 Medium onion

1 Medium Tomato

6-7 Garlic cloves

1 Tbsp minced ginger

1 Green Chilly

2 Tbsp Olive Oil
2 Tbsp Butter

 

Make Pan Fry Paneer

• Cut the paneer into small pieces.

• Add 1/2 cup curd in to the bowl, to that add paneer pieces & all the spices. Marinate and keep it in the fridge for at least 15 minutes to set.

• Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Fry the Paneer pieces until they turn lightly brown, about 2 minutes. Transfer the fried paneer to a plate.

Make Spinach Sauce

• Fill a large steel vessel with about 3/4 water and bring it to boil. Add the baby spinach to the boiling water. Cook for about a minute, until all the spinach wilts. Do not over cook the spinach that would change the color in to dark green and result in loosing its nutrients.

• Use a spatula to remove the spinach from the saucepan or drain the spinach into a colander. Immediately pour cold water to stop the heating process. .

• Heat a table spoon olive oil, add onions, tomatoes, ginger& garlic, green chilly and fry it until it becomes translucent or until the raw smell goes off.

• Transfer these in to the mixer along with the spinach and grind it in to a smooth paste.

• Add butter in to the sauce pan add 3 to 4 garlics for the nice flavor, fry it until golden brown.

• add the spinach onion paste & cover the lid and boil it for about 7 to 8 minutes. If the sauce is too thick you can add little water to get the correct consistency.

• add the pan-fried paneer to the spinach sauce. Turn off the heat. Serve the Palak paneer with Roti/Chapatis or Basmati Rice.

 

 

Note: Adding Full Cream or 4 tbsp Thick milk in the end would add more taste to this recipe.

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Potato Patties| Kids Snacks| Kids Special| Potato Snacks

If you have kids at home, you would definitely like to bake these patties they are so crunchy and tasty. These potato patties are my kids favorite, he thinks them as cookies as I cut them in different shapes using cookie cutters. I prepare it for evening snacks which we love to eat with our evening cup of tea 💓💓 

If you do not have cookie cutters, just make them oval shape using your hands. I love them as much as we like onion pakoras.

so, Lets quickly look in to the recipe:-

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups boiled potato, grated/mashed
• ¼ cup bread crumbs
• 2 tbsp corn flour
• 1/2 tsp Jeera Crushed
• ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
• salt to taste
• oil for deep frying

INSTRUCTIONS

• firstly, in a large mixing bowl take 2 cups boiled and mashed potato.
• further add ¼ cup bread crumbs, 2 tbsp corn flour, 1/2 tsp Crushed jeera, ½ tsp chilli powder and salt to taste.
• combine all the ingredients well. add more bread crumbs if required.
• form a soft non sticky dough.
• cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes, this prevents patties from breaking in oil and retain its shape.
• now take a large ball sized prepared potato dough and flatten slightly thick over butter paper. butter paper avoids from dough to stick.
• cut in shapes using a cookie cutter or glass for round shapes if cookie cutter not available.
• deep fry it in hot oil. or brush with oil and bake in preheated oven at 180C for 25 minutes or till it turns golden and crisp.
• stir occasionally and fry till golden brown, keeping the flame on medium.
• finally, serve Potato Patties with tomato sauce or mayonnaise

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Important Tips:

Cover the Dough and refrigerate for 30 minutes, this prevents patties from breaking in oil and retain its shape.

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Perfect moist delicious Vanilla Cupcakes/Muffins

These are the perfect moist and soft Vanilla Cupcakes which everyone would love. If you have kids at home you should try these. 

PERFECT MOIST DELICIOUS VANILLA CUPCAKES| MUFFINS

RECIPE:-

Ingredients required:

Sugar- 1 Cup(200g) - 

Unsalted Butter-  1/2 cup (125 g)

All Purpose flour- 1&1/2 cups (190 g)

Baking soda- 1/2 teaspoon

Baking Powder-1 teaspoon

Salt- 1/4 teaspoon

Egg- 2 Large

Milk-3/4 cup( 185 ml)

Vanilla Essence-1& 1/2 teaspoon

Method:

• Firstly take a bowl add 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour, to that add 1 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp salt ( you can add it any stage of preparation if you miss to add it in the first), give a mix using nice spatula. Keep it aside.
• Now take another bowl, to that add 1/2 cup butter ( Use the butter kept in the room temperature for the easy whisk). 
• Add 1 cup sugar and whisk properly using electric mixer so that they combine well.
• Now add 2 eggs one at a time, and whisk again and mix them well.
• Add vanilla extract and give a mix.
• At this stage you can add Flour mix Half and 3/4 cup milk Half at a time, mix it on low speed.
• Repeat the same procedure by adding the remaining flour and milk. Use the spatula to combine well.
• Cup Cake batter is ready.
• Now take a cup cake pan, Pour batter into 12 lined muffin tins, filling 2/3 full.
•  Bake in the center of the oven at 350˚F for 20-23 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool 5 minutes in the pan then remove cupcakes.

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Tips for the best Cupcakes:

• Eggs, butter must be at room temperature to keep your batter an even consistency.
• Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full or they will overflow and cause a muffin top.

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